[pure-silver] Re: print washer
- From: Peter Badcock <peter.badcock@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 14:50:55 +1000
Thanks Jean-David,
That's rather depressing to read. I'd love to see the test
details/conditions if possible. Were they testing residual fixer levels in
the paper to a level that is considered archival by today's
standards/consensus ? In the mean time I'll see what I can do to make it
shower over the top.
rgds
Peter
On 20 May 2010 00:11, Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When I got my Zone VI print washer, Fred Picker enclosed a test report of
> print washers by a test lab he hired. I assume Zone VI paid for the testing,
> so the Zone VI came out first -- about the same as the East Street print
> washer that was no longer available. The oscillating Patterson tested the
> worst. They found the oscillating feature was of no use and you got
> comparable results with it or without it. They made it work about as well as
> all the others if they built a gizmo that showered the water in the top all
> over the reservoir. But by the time I read that, I had no interest in making
> something like that and besides it was not big enough for 11x14 inch prints.
>
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